Ecclesiastes 4:16

84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

ASV Byzantine Text

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih loe angmah hmaa ih kroeklaek ai kami nuiah siangpahrang ah oh, toe angzo han koi kaminawk loe siangpahrang nuiah anghoe o poe mak ai. Hae hmuen doeh azom pui ah ni oh tangtang, takhi hnukah patom ramrum baktiah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Pilnam boeih ham te a bawtnah om pawh. Amah te cungkuem taengah a hmai la a om pah dae lamhnuk rhoek loh anih taengah ko a hoe uh moenih. He khaw a honghi neh khohli dongkah kohnek mai ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Pilnam boeih ham te a bawtnah om pawh. Amah te cungkuem taengah a hmai la a om pah dae lamhnuk rhoek loh anih taengah ko a hoe uh moenih. He khaw a honghi neh khohli dongkah kohnek mai ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Aole pau i ka heluia na kanaka, ka poe mamua o lakou; a o ka poe mahope, aole lakou olioli ia ia. He mea lapu wale keia, a me ka luhi hewa.

English Berean Standard Bible

There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Ou pa ka konte kantite moun yon wa ka gouvènen, kantite moun yon wa ka dirije. Men lè l' mouri, pesonn p'ap chonje di l' mèsi pou sa li te fè pou yo. Tou sa pa vo anyen. Sa pa rapòte anyen.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Infinitus numerus est populi omnium qui fuerunt ante eum, et qui postea futuri sunt non lætabuntur in eo; sed et hoc vanitas et afflictio spiritus.]

Bible in Basic English

There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Il n’y a pas de fin à tout le peuple, à tous ceux qui ont été devant eux ; cependant ceux qui viendront après ne se réjouiront point en lui. Car cela aussi est vanité et poursuite du vent.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebývalo konce té vrtkosti všeho lidu, jakž toho, kterýž byl před nimi, takž ani potomci nebudou se těšiti z něho. Protož i to jest marnost a trápení ducha.

Kosraean Bible

Pisen mwet tokosra se inge leumi uh arulana pus, koflana oekyukla, a fwil tokol an tiana srui orekma lal. Ma inge wangin sripa — oana ukweyen eng uh.

World Portuguese Bible

Não havia fim para todo o povo, mesmo de todos aqueles sobre os quais ele governava; contudo, os que vierem depois não se alegrarão com ele. Certamente isso também é vaidade e um correr atrás do vento.

Romanian BTF Bible

Fără sfârșit este tot poporul și toți ce au fost înaintea lor; de asemenea cei ce vor veni mai pe urmă nu se vor bucura de el. Cu adevărat și aceasta este deșertăciune și chinuire a duhului.

Brenton English Septuagint

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထိုမင်းအုပ်စိုးသော သူအပေါင်းတို့ကို ရေတွက် ၍ မကုန်နိုင်။ နောက်လာသောသူတို့သည်လည်း၊ ထိုမင်းကို အားမရဘဲနေကြလိမ့်မည်။ အကယ်စင်စစ် ထိုအမှုအရာသည်လည်း အနတ္တအမှု၊ လေကို ကျက်စား သောအမှုဖြစ်၏။

Darby Translation

[There is] no end of all the people, of all that stood before them; those however that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after the wind.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

kein Ende all des Volkes, aller derer, welchen er vorstand; dennoch werden die Nachkommen sich seiner nicht freuen. Denn auch das ist Eitelkeit und ein Haschen nach Wind.

Dutch Bible 1917

Er is geen einde van al het volk, van allen, die voor hen geweest zijn; de nakomelingen zullen zich ook over hem niet verblijden; gewisselijk, dat is ook ijdelheid en kwelling des geestes.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ontelbaar was de menigte, Die zich bij hem aansloot. Toch zal het nageslacht geen vreugd aan hem beleven; Ook dat is ijdel en jagen naar wind.

Italian Diodati Bible

Tutto il popolo senza fine va con lui, come aveano fatto tutti coloro che erano stati davanti a loro; quelli eziandio che verranno appresso, non si rallegreranno di lui. Certo, questo ancora è vanità, e tormento di spirito.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The number of the people, of all that were before him is infinite: and they that shall come afterwards, shall not rejoice in him: but this also is vanity, and vexation of spirit.

Geneva Bible 1599

There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

Noyes Bible

There was no end to all the people before whom he went forth; yet they that come afterwards shall not rejoice in him. This also is vanity, and striving after wind.

Danish Bible 1931

der var ikke Tal på alle de Mennesker, han stod i Spidsen for; men heller ikke over ham glæder de senere Slægter sig; nej, også det er Tomhed og Jag efter Vind.

Leeser Tanakh

There was no end to all the people, [belonging] to all that have been before them: they also that come after will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a torture of the spirit.—

JPS TaNaKH 1917

There was no end of all the people, even of all them whom he did lead; yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

King James Version

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

King James Version + Apocrypha

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Dân phục dưới quyền người thật đông vô số; dầu vậy, những kẻ đến sau sẽ chẳng vui thích về người. Điều đó cũng là sự hư không, theo luồng gió thổi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ʻikai hano ngataʻanga ʻoe kakai kotoa pē, ʻakinautolu foki naʻe ʻi muʻa ʻiate kinautolu: pea ʻe ʻikai fiefia ʻiate ia ʻakinautolu ʻe tupu kimui. Ko e moʻoni ko e vaʻinga foki eni mo e fakamamahi ki he laumālie.

French Ostervald Bible

Et il n'y avait point de fin à tout le peuple, à tous ceux à la tête desquels il était; cependant ceux qui viendront après ne se réjouiront point à son sujet. Certainement, cela aussi est une vanité et un tourment d'esprit.

Esperanto Bible

Senfina estas la popolo, antaŭ kiu li estis, kaj tamen la posteuloj ne ĝojos pri li; ankaŭ ĉi tio estas vantaĵo kaj ventaĵo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Il n’y avait point de fin à tout ce peuple, à tous ceux à la tête desquels il était. Et toutefois, ceux qui viendront après ne se réjouiront pas à son sujet. Car c’est encore là une vanité et la poursuite du vent.

German Luther Bible 1912

Und des Volks, das vor ihm ging, war kein Ende und des, das ihm nachging; und wurden sein doch nicht froh. Das ist auch eitel und Mühe um Wind.

LXX2012 U. S. English

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

British English Septuagint 2012

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

Majority Standard BIble

There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Webster Bible

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Revised Version

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Senza fine eran tutto il popolo, tutti quelli alla testa dei quali ei si trovava. Eppure, quelli che verranno in seguito non si rallegreranno di lui! Anche questo è vanità e un correr dietro al vento.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Il n'y avait pas de fin à tout ce peuple, à tous ceux qu'il dirigeait. Pourtant, ceux qui viendront après ne se réjouiront pas de lui. Assurément, cela aussi est vanité et poursuite du vent.

Reina Valera 1909

No tiene fin todo el pueblo que fué antes de ellos: tampoco los que vendrán después estarán con él contentos. Y esto es también vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.

Spanish BLL

Era una multitud incontable la que lo seguía; pero los que vendrán después tampoco estarán contentos con él. ¡Ciertamente, esto también es vanidad y un querer atrapar el viento!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

No tenía fin la muchedumbre del pueblo que le seguía; sin embargo, los que vendrán después no estarán contentos con él. Y esto es también vanidad y correr tras el viento.

Croatian Bible

On stupa na čelo bezbrojnih podanika i kasniji se naraštaji ne mogahu zbog njega radovati. I to je zacijelo ispraznost i pusta tlapnja.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Nema kraja narodu koji beše pred njim, a koji posle nastanu neće se radovati njemu. I to je taština i muka duhu.

German Textbibel

Kein Ende war all' des Volkes, aller der, an deren Spitze er stand. Gleichwohl freuen sich die Nachkommen seiner nicht. Denn auch das ist eitel und Streben nach Wind!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

There is no end to all the people, To all who were before them: And the last shall not rejoice in him: For this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אֵֽין־קֵ֣ץ לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם לְכֹ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם גַּ֥ם הָאַחֲרוֹנִ֖ים לֹ֣א יִשְׂמְחוּ־ב֑וֹ כִּֽי־גַם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וְרַעְי֥וֹן רֽוּחַ׃